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1929 Loyola Lions football team

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1929 Loyola Lions football
ConferenceIndependent
Record6–3
Head coach
Home stadiumWrigley Field
Seasons
← 1928
1930 →
1929 Western college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Saint Mary's     8 0 1
Arizona     7 1 0
Loyola (CA)     6 3 0
Santa Clara     5 3 0
Gonzaga     4 3 0
Hawaii     4 3 0
New Mexico A&M     3 2 3
St. Ignatius (CA)     4 3 1
Santa Barbara State     4 4 1
New Mexico     2 4 2
Regis     3 7 0
Humboldt State     1 4 1
Arizona State     0 6 0
Columbia (OR)        

The 1929 Loyola Lions football team was an American football team that represented Loyola College of Los Angeles (now known as Loyola Marymount University) as an independent during the 1929 college football season. In their first and only season under head coach William L. Driver, the Lions compiled a 6–3 record.

Schedule

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DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 21vs. USS ColoradoW 20–0[1][2]
September 28at Fresno StateW 20–0[3][4]
October 12at Arizona State–FlagstaffFlagstaff, AZL 0–13[5][6]
October 19Los Angeles FiremenW 20–13[7]
October 27at San Diego NTSSan Diego, CAW 37–0[8]
November 2vs. Cal AggiesW 6–0[9]
November 11at Pacific (CA)
L 7–16[10]
November 28Santa Clara
  • Wrigley Field
  • Los Angeles, CA
L 0–37[11]
November 30at Arizona StateW 21–6< 1,000[12]

References

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  1. ^ "Loyola Lions Easily Beat Colorado Team (part 1)". Los Angeles Times. September 22, 1929. p. VI-7. Retrieved April 23, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ^ "Navy Bows To Loyola Lions (part 2)". Los Angeles Times. September 22, 1929. p. VI-8. Retrieved April 23, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ Frank Irwin (September 29, 1929). "Loyola College Hands Fresno State's Bulldogs 20 To 0 Defeat: Loyola Earns First Score; Bulldogs Give Another Pair". The Fresno Morning Republican. pp. 7, 9. Retrieved April 23, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "Loyola Wrecks Fresno Eleven: Lion Football Machine in 20-0 Grid Triumph". The Los Angeles Times. September 29, 1929. pp. VI-7, VI-9. Retrieved April 23, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "Loyola Defeated by Arizona State, 13-0". Los Angeles Times. October 13, 1929. pp. VI-9, VI-11. Retrieved April 23, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "Axmen Defeat Loyola As Lion Line Falters Under Heavy Smashes". Arizona Republic. October 13, 1929. p. 38. Retrieved April 23, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "Lions Gobble Firemen: Loyola Eleven Defeat Department Eleven, 20-13, in Wild Game at Wrigley Field". Los Angeles Times. October 20, 2022. Retrieved April 23, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ "Loyola Trims Naval Eleven: Lions Trample San Diegans by 37 to 0". Los Angeles Times. October 28, 1929. p. 11. Retrieved April 23, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ "Loyola Trims Cal. Aggies Score 6 To 0". Oakland Tribune. Oakland, California. November 2, 1929. p. 11. Retrieved February 28, 2018 – via Newspapers.com.Open access icon
  10. ^ "Loyola Eleven Bows to Pacific College, 16 to 7". Los Angeles Times. November 12, 1939. p. 37. Retrieved April 23, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. ^ Bob Ray (November 29, 1929). "Broncos Crush Loyolans: Santa Clara Gridders Gallop to 37-to-0 Victory Over Lions in Wrigley Field Battle". The Los Angeles Times. pp. II-10, II-11 – via Newspapers.com.
  12. ^ "Loyola Beats Tempe in Roughest Game of Phoenix Season: Lions Capture Final Contest By 21-6 Score". Arizona Republic. December 1, 1929. p. III-8. Retrieved April 23, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.